2013 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Catalytic Processing of Fossil and Biorenewable Feedstocks: Chemicals

Catalysis can play a key role in environmentally benign production of biodegradable and/or renewable chemicals and materials. This season focuses on catalyst and catalytic process development for producing chemicals and materials from biomass, petroleum, and coal.

Chair

Jesse Bond, Syracuse University

Co-Chair

Presentations

03:15 PM

(350a) On the Origin of Catalytic Activity of Zirconia in Aqueous-Phase Partial Oxidation of Cellulose to Levulinic Acid
Hongfei Lin, Lisha Yang, Ying Liu, Ji Su

03:35 PM

(350b) Mechanistic Requirements for the Removal of Oxygen Heteroatoms and Formation of Intra- and Inter-Molecular C=C Bond in Biomass Derived Oxygenates
Cathy Chin, Fan Lin

03:55 PM

(350c) Kinetic Studies of Succinic Acid Hydrogenolysis Using Multimetallic Catalysts in a Batch Slurry Reactor
Arely A. Torres, Bala Subramaniam, Raghunath V. Chaudhari

04:15 PM

(350d) Synthesis, Charaterization of Bimetallic Ruthenium-Rhenium Catalysts By Strong Electrostatic Adsorption for Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to Gamma-Valerolactone
Shuo Cao, John Regalbuto

04:35 PM

(350e) Stabilization By Atomic Layer Deposition of Copper Catalysts for Liquid Phase Reactions
Brandon J. O'Neill, James A. Dumesic, Thomas F. Kuech, David Jackson, Junling Lu, Anthony J. Crisci, Susannah L. Scott, Jeffrey T. Miller, Randall Winans, Paul J. Dietrich, Fabio H. Ribeiro, Jeffrey W. Elam, Manos Mavrikakis, Jeff Greeley, Tao Li, Carrie A. Farberow

04:55 PM

(350f) Understanding Solvation Effects On Biomass Derived Platform Chemicals: A Combined Spectroscopic and Theoretical Approach
George Tsilomelekis, Christina Bagia, Tyler R. Josephson, Stavros Caratzoulas, Vladimiros Nikolakis, Dionisios G. Vlachos

05:15 PM

(350g) Structured Solvents for Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose to Bio-Chemicals
Z. Conrad Zhang, Jinxia Zhou, Tingyu Huang, Songyan Jia, Kairui Liu